July 5, 2021

Virginia Tech Future Faculty Development Program — Aug. 15, 2021

Virginia Tech’s Future Faculty Diversity Program (FFDP) is a rigorous three-day event for doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars interested in academic careers. Participants are chosen from a national pool of candidates who apply directly to the program and are matched with an interested department. The…

April 29, 2019

Graduate Mentors Honored at Awards Ceremony

Five faculty members receive accolades from the Graduate Division and the Graduate Assembly.

2015 Award for Junior Faculty, Alison Post, Assistant Professor, Political Science, and Global Metropolitan Studies and Award for Senior Faculty, Edward Miguel, Professor, Economics

November 6, 2018

Call for Nominations: Graduate Mentoring Awards — 2/29/2021

Nominations for the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award and the Faculty Mentor Awards are being accepted through Friday, February 3, 2017 at 5:00 pm.

August 27, 2018

Fiona Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, to Retire in June 2019

Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California; Fiona Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division; and Joe Charbonnet, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Engineering and 2018 UC Grad Slam Champion. Beginning July 1, 2019, Fiona Doyle, accomplished engineer, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies,…

the 5 faculty award winners and their families

April 24, 2018

Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Mentorship at Berkeley

Annual Graduate Mentoring Awards Ceremony honored five faculty members.

November 14, 2017

Two Opportunities to Nominate Your Faculty Mentors — 2/2/2018

Help recognize excellent mentoring of graduate students by faculty!

May 15, 2017

Mentoring Awards Recognize Outstanding Faculty

Seven faculty members were honored for their outstanding mentoring of graduate students.

June 14, 2016

Berkeley Ph.D. Candidates Refine their Teaching Skills at the Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty

A group of Berkeley’s doctoral candidates enhance their knowledge of higher education and prepare for future faculty positions at Berkeley’s Summer Institute for Preparing Future Faculty.

Faculty winners of the Distinguished Mentor Awards

May 12, 2016

Faculty Recognized by Mentorship Awards

On April 13, 2016, five faculty members were honored with the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award and Graduate Assembly Faculty Mentor Award.

article about faculty mentorship. Students posing with mentors.

April 14, 2015

UC Berkeley Faculty Recognized by Mentorship Awards

This year, five exceptional professors were honored as some of the top mentors on campus.

November 18, 2014

President Barack Obama Honors Berkeley Faculty Members for Scientific Contributions

President Barack Obama recently named three faculty members as recipients of the National Medal of Science Award for their outstanding contributions.

November 15, 2013

The University of Connecticut is Currently Seeking Applicants for 100 New Faculty Positions

The University of Connecticut is currently seeking applicants for 100 new faculty positions. This aggressive hiring plan is only one component to Next Generation Connecticut, an unprecedented 1.5 billion dollar investment by the State of Connecticut demonstrating our joint commitment to…

May 22, 2009

Heaping honors on the highly helpful

The Graduate Division, which oversees graduate education at Berkeley, and the Graduate Assembly, the grad students’ government, are making up for lost time. For decades, the campus did little to reward the vital role many faculty members play as mentors to their students. Countering that non-trend, the two groups have joined forces for the third year in a row, presenting their own faculty honors in a combined ceremony.